Editor-in-Chief | George Mason Review

About 15 hours per week, with hours varying close to submission deadline and publication finalization time periods

Board Management

• Set goals and vision for the year
• Assign and approve clear, individual projects for each director
• Work closely with each director on individual projects
• Be present and actively involved in all team aspects
• Recruit and interview new board members

Board Meetings

• Schedule board meetings routinely (weekly or bi-weekly)
• Create agendas for meetings
• Keep meetings focused, on time, and productive

Submissions and Peer-Review Process

• Attend peer-review meetings
• Recruit and interview new peer-reviewers
• Make final decisions on content and design for current issue
• Work with Assistant Editor and peer-reviewers to proofread submissions that will be published

Account Management

• Act as one of the administrators for the GMR website, PBworks wiki, and Submittable
• Manage and maintain annual budget, and work with each director on maintaining his/her budget
• Maintain the GMR email account, responding and forwarding as necessary

Public Relations

• Network with key faculty and administrators in the Mason community
• Maintain relationships with OSCAR, the WAC committee, and other scholarship-related organizations
• Maintain contact list of key organizations with whom we have built or want to build relationships

Promotions

• Oversee social media content/presence
• Evaluate and amend promotional efforts as they see fit

End-of-the-year Event

• Speak as part of the panel discussion
• Greet and network with guests (students and faculty)

Personal Duties/ Administrative Duties

• Set goals and delegate tasks to entire team on bi-weekly/weekly basis (setting the agenda for meetings)
• Attend student leader meetings conducted by Student Media
• Making sure student involvement and interest forms are completed by staff
• Work with Marketing Director and Jason Hartsel on budget
• Supervise social media content
• Coordinate with Graphic Designer to ensure consistencies in the format of the publication (especially in relation to previous year’s)
• Manage, review and track submissions
• Correspond with submitters
• Help create a professional development plan for PR’s
• Represent GMR in a professional manner at all times both within the office, the larger University campus and throughout daily interactions

Assistant Editor | George Mason Review

About 10-12 hours/week. Hours vary throughout the year with most hours worked close to submission deadline

Board Management

• Set goals and vision for the year
• Assign and approve clear, individual projects for each director
• Work closely with each director on individual projects
• Be present and actively involved in all team aspects
• Recruit and interview new board members

Board Meetings

• Read, know, and advise the board on matters conflicting with or relating to the GMR Constitution
• Act as a recorder at board meetings

Submissions and Peer-Review Process

• Recruit and interview new peer-reviewers
• Facilitate training of peer reviews on content criteria, re-visioning scholarship, and writing comments
• Screen each submission on Submittable for contact information and supplementary statement
• Create peer-review teams and maintain a submission log from which you assign submissions to teams
• Attend peer-review meetings
• Review peer-reviewers’ comments on submissions
• Work with editor-in-chief and peer-reviewers to proofread submissions that will be published

Account Management

• Act as one of the administrators for the GMR website, PBworks wiki, and Submittable
• Assist the Editor-in-Chief in maintaining the GMR email account

Document Management

• Review, refine, and edit internal policies and procedures for consistency and style
• Continually update the end-of-the-year report and other documents for the Office of Student Media
• Work with Design/Web Director to scan, catalogue, and upload past/current issues of GMR

End-of-the-year Event

• Work with Marketing Director to choose and invite authors to speak
• Greet and network with guests (students and faculty)
• Update student contact list in coordination with Marketing Director

Personal/Administrative Duties

• Assign submissions to Peer Reviewers
• Help compile list to email professors
• Meet with and help guide Peer Reviewers (help set-up schedule for Office Hour meetings if necessary)
• Attend one office hour a week and contribute to weekly meetings through attendance and valuable input
• Show new hires and Peer Reviewers how to use PBworks and Wikilinks
• Write Peer Reviewer guide
• Help train incoming staff for next academic year
• Manage, review and track submissions
• Correspond with submitters
• Help create a professional development plan for PR’s
• Represent GMR in a professional manner at all times

 

Managing Editor | George Mason Review

About 8-10 hours/week. Hours vary throughout the year with most hours worked close to submission deadline

Board Management

• Work closely with each director on individual projects
• Be present and actively involved in all team aspects
• Oversee all email exchanges officially from GMR email accounts to ensure minimal editing and grammatical or branding errors

Board Meetings

• Read, know, and advise the board on matters conflicting with or relating to the GMR Constitution

Submissions and Peer-Review Process

• Attend peer-review meetings
• Review peer-reviewers’ comments on submissions
• Copy edit all final submissions before printing
• Work with editor-in-chief and peer-reviewers to proofread submissions that will be published

Account Management

• Act as one of the administrators for the GMR website, PBworks wiki, and Submittable
• Assist the Editor-in-Chief in maintaining the GMR email account
• Assist the Editor-in-Chief by managing and overseeing all social media content (Facebook and Twitter)

Document Management

• Review, refine, and edit internal policies and procedures for consistency and style
• Continually update the end-of-the-year report and other documents for the Office of Student Media
• Work with Design/Web Director to scan, catalogue, and upload past/current issues of GMR

End-of-the-year Event

• Work with Marketing Director to choose and invite authors to speak
• Greet and network with guests (students and faculty)

Personal/Administrative Duties

• Review all input on submissions from Peer Reviewers
• Attend one office hour a week and contribute to weekly meetings through attendance and valuable input
• Write Peer Reviewer guide and maintain consistent branding on all GMR documents, constitution and manuals
• Help train incoming staff for next academic year
• Review, edit and finalize edits on all chosen submissions for publication
• Represent GMR in aprofessional manner at all times

 

Design and Web Director | George Mason Review

About 5-10 hours/week. Hours vary throughout the year with most hours worked close to publication deadline

Board Management

• Work closely with each director on individual projects
• Be present and actively involved in all team aspects
• Oversee all website updates and graphic design content to be used for promotions/marketing and social media sites

Board Meetings

• Read, know, and advise the board on matters conflicting with or relating to the GMR Constitution
• Provide good input and advise on graphic design or web related elements of change throughout the year
• Keep all websites updated after each meeting, when new content arises, when submission deadlines change or when submissions close

Marketing and Design

• Ensure that all marketing materials, issue covers, and website pages, align with logo and color scheme
• Design or choose artwork for the issue cover and/or inside pages
• Create permanent GMR marketing materials (posters, promotion packets, banners, etc.)
• Revisit previous marketing materials and revamp/redesign as necessary

Website Maintenance

• Keep the website up to date and in line with the GMR brand
• Work with the Editor-in-Chief to integrate websites of related organizations on GMR site
• Work with the Marketing Director to facilitate online marketing
• Work with Assistant Editor to scan, catalogue, and upload past/current issues of GMR

End-of-the-year Event

• Design print and e-vite invitations to faculty, administrators, and students
• Design programs, name tags, and certificates of appreciation

Personal/Administrative Duties

• Compile journal in its entirety and making sure all pages and content are consistent
• Submissions flyers to be designed by them
• Marketing material is to be designed by them
• Communicate with all staff members while creating materials for GMR
• Attend one office hour a week and contribute to weekly meetings through attendance and valuable input (may skip the meetings and office hours when not creating material, but must email updates to replace meeting attendance).
• Represent GMR in a professional manner at all times